Killing for Comfort — The Science Writer
Houseflies might disgust us, but their decline may spell disaster. A dissection on the ecological role of flies and how urban pest control fuels a larger insect crisis, threatening pollinators, biodiv...
During an insect infestation, Plan A is chemical spray. This makes sense: Get rid of the nuisances quickly.
It's not so simple when insect populations are on a steep decline. I've wrestled with the dissonance in my essay, "Killing for Comfort," published at @sciwritermag.bsky.social #TSWToxic
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This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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